Weathering

In a fast moving river, what type of rocks will be most likely find?

• pointy and sharp

• smooth and round

• shaped like a cube

When pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another, it is called

• deposition

• erosion

• transportation

• carrying

A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river. What does not change the size of a delta?

• The amount of hunting and fishing in the delta

• tides

• waves along the delta

• sediment carries along the delta

What causes rocks to break and crack?

• wind erosion

• water filled the cracks and freezing

• water erosion

• deposition

Why does a glacier form?

• ice moving on land

• wind blowing on a mountain top

• water flowing in a delta

• freezing in a refrigerator.

What can form from a glacier?

• valley

• ocean

• mountain

• a hot fudge sundae

Deposition is

• Frozen water that moves slowly to change Earth’s surface -

• The piling of sediment in a new area -

• move broken pieces into a new area -

• putting money into a bank

To break Earth’s surface into pieces is

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• glacier forming

moving pieces into a new area is

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• glacier

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• jackhammering